[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 3 (Wednesday, January 5, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 350-352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-180]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 97

[Docket No. 29884; Amdt. No. 1966]


Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; Miscellaneous Amendments

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This amendment establishes, amends, suspends, or revokes 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) for operations at 
certain airports. These regulatory actions are needed because of the 
adoption of new or revised criteria, or because of changes occurring in 
the National Airspace System, such as the commissioning of new 
navigational facilities, addition of new obstacles, or changes in air 
traffic requirements. These changes are designed to provide safe and 
efficient use of the navigable airspace and to promote safe flight 
operations under instrument flight rules at the affected airports.

DATES: An effective date for each SIAP is specified in the amendatory 
provisions.

    Incorporation by reference-approved by the Director of the Federal 
Register on December 31, 1980, and reapproved as of January 1, 1982.

ADDRESSES: Availability of matters incorporated by reference in the 
amendment is as follows:
    For Examination--
    1. FAA Rules Docket, FAA Headquarters Building, 800 Independence 
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591;
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected 
airport is located; or
    3. The Flight Inspection Area Office which originated the SIAP.
    For Purchase--Individual SIAP copies may be obtained from:
    1. FAA Public Inquiry Center (APA-200), FAA Headquarters Building, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591; or
    2. The FAA Regional Office of the region in which the affected 
airport is located.
    By Subscription--Copies of all SIAPs, mailed once every 2 weeks, 
are for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald P. Pate, Flight Procedure

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Standards Branch (AMCAFS-240), Flight Technologies and Programs 
Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center, 6500 South MacArthur Blvd. Oklahoma 
City, OK 73169 (Mail Address: P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK. 73125) 
telephone: (405) 954-4164.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to part 97 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) establishes, amends, suspends, or 
revokes Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). The complete 
regulatory description of each SIAP is contained in official FAA form 
documents which are incorporated by reference in this amendment under 5 
U.S.C. 552(a), 1 CFR part 51, and Sec. 97.20 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulations (FAR). The applicable FAA Forms are identified as FAA Forms 
8260-3, 8260-4, and 8260-5. Materials incorporated by reference are 
available for examination or purchase as stated above.
    The large number of SIAPs, their complex nature, and the need for a 
special format make their verbatim publication in the Federal Register 
expensive and impractical. Further, airmen do not use the regulatory 
text of the SIAPs, but refer to their graphic depiction on charts 
printed by publishers of aeronautical materials. Thus, the advantages 
of incorporation by reference are realized and publication of the 
complete description of each SIAP contained in FAA form documents is 
unnecessary. The provisions of this amendment state the affected CFR 
(and FAR) sections, with the types and effective dates of the SIAPs. 
This amendment also identifies the airport, its location, the procedure 
identification and the amendment number.

The Rule

    This amendment to part 97 is effective upon publication of each 
separate SIAP as contained in the transmittal. Some SIAP amendments may 
have been previously issued by the FAA in a National Flight Data Center 
(NFDC) Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) as an emergency action of immediate 
flight safety relating directly to published aeronautical charts. The 
circumstances which created the need for some SIAP amendments may 
require making them effective in less than 30 days. For the remaining 
SIAPs, an effective date at least 30 days after publication is 
provided.
    Further, the SIAPs contained in this amendment are based on the 
criteria contained in the U.S. Standard for Terminal Instrument 
Procedures (TERPS). In developing these SIAPs, the TERPS criteria were 
applied to the conditions existing or anticipated at the affected 
airports. Because of the close and immediate relationship between these 
SIAPs and safety in air commerce, I find that notice and public 
procedure before adopting these SIAPs are impracticable and contrary to 
the public interest and, where applicable, that good cause exists for 
making some SIAPs effective in less than 30 days.

Conclusion

    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
It, therefore--(1) Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' under DOT 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 1979); 
and (3) Does not warrant preparation of a regulatory evaluation as the 
anticipated impact is so minimal. For the same reason, the FAA 
certifies that this amendment will not have a significant economic 
impact on a substantial number of small entities under the criteria of 
the Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 97

    Air traffic control, Airports, Navigation (air).

    Issued in Washington, DC on December 23, 1999.
L. Nicholas Lacey,
Director, Flight Standards Service.

Adoption of the Amendment

    Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, part 97 of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 97) is amended by 
establishing, amending, suspending, or revoking Standard Instrument 
Approach Procedures, effective at 0901 UTC on the dates specified, as 
follows:

PART 97--STANDARD INSTRUMENT APPROACH PROCEDURES

    1. The authority citation for part 97 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120, 44701; and 14 
CFR 11.49(b)(2).

    2. Part 97 is amended to read as follows:
    By amending: Sec. 97.23 VOR, VOR/DME, VOR or TACAN, and VOR/DME or 
TACAN; Sec. 97.25 LOC, LOC/DME, LDA, LDA/DME, SDF, SDF/DME; Sec. 97.27 
NDB, NDB/DME; Sec. 97.29 ILS, ILS/DME, ISMLS, MLS, MLS/DME, MLS/RNAV; 
Sec. 97.31 RADAR SIAPs; Sec. 97.33 RNAV SIAPs; and Sec. 97.35 COPTER 
SIAPs, identified as follows:

* * * Effective January 27, 2000

Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, NDB RWY 4L, Amdt 19
Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 4L, Amdt 25
Little Rock, AR, Adams Field, ILS RWY 22R, Amdt 1
Mosinee, WI, Central Wisconsin, ILS/DME RWY 35, Orig

* * * Effective February 27, 2000

Point Lay, AK, Point Lay LRRS, GPS RWY 5, Orig
Point Lay, AK, Point Lay LRRS, GPS RWY 23, Orig
Point Lay, AK, Point Lay LRRS, NDB RWY 5, Orig
Louisville, KY, Louisville Intl-Standiford Field, ILS RWY 29, Amdt 22A, 
CANCELLED
Houlton, ME, Houlton Intl, GPS-A, Orig
Wiscasset, ME, Wiscasset, GPS RWY 7, Amdt 1
Wiscasset, ME, Wiscasset, GPS RWY 25, Amdt 1
Norwood, MA, Norwood Memorial, LOC RWY 35, Amdt 8
Norwood, MA, Norwood Memorial, NDB RWY 35, Amdt 8
Norwood, MA, Norwood Memorial, GPS RWY 35, Orig
Marquette, MI, Marquette County, VOR OR GPS RWY 8, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
Marquette, MI, Marquette County, VOR OR GPS RWY 26, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
Marquette, MI, Marquette County, LOC BC RWY 26, Amdt 9A, CANCELLED
Marquette, MI, Marquette County, ILS RWY 8, Amdt 10, CANCELLED
Pine River, MN, Pine River Regional, NDB RWY 34, Orig
Atlantic City, NJ, Atlantic City Intl, VOR/DME RWY 22, Amdt 5
Albany, NY, Albany Intl, VOR/DME RWY 28 Orig, CANCELLED
Albany, NY, Albany Intl, VOR RWY 28 Orig
Newburgh, NY, Stewart Intl, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 16, Amdt 2A, 
CANCELLED
Newburgh, NY, Stewart Intl, VOR/DME RNAV OR GPS RWY 27, Amdt 1A, 
CANCELLED
Newburgh, NY, Stewart Intl, COPTER ILS 092, Orig
Newburgh, NY, Stewart Intl, GPS RWY 16, Orig
Newburgh, NY, Stewart Intl, GPS RWY 27, Orig
Concord, NC, Concord Regional, VOR/DME OR GPS-A, Amdt 1B, CANCELLED
Waverly, OH, Pike county, NDB RWY 25, Orig

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Columbia, SC, Columbia Metropolitan, ILS RWY 5, Amdt 1
Rock Hill, SC, Rock Hill/York County/Bryant Field, VOR/DME RNAV RWY 2, 
Amdt, 4E, CANCELLED
Mitchell, SD, Mitchell Muni, ILS/DME RWY 30, Amdt 2A, CANCELLED
Mitchell, SD, Mitchell Muni, ILS RWY 30, Orig
Baytown, TX, RWJ Airpark, GPS RWY 32, Orig
Galveston, TX, Galveston Intl-Scholes Field, GPS RWY 13, Amdt 1
Galveston, TX, Galveston Intl-Scholes Field, GPS RWY 17, Amdt 1
Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston, ILS RWY 27, 
Amdt 3
Houston, TX, George Bush Intercontinental Airport/Houston, GPS RWY 27, 
Amdt 1
Brigham City, UT, Brigham City, GPS RWY 34, Orig

    The FAA published the following procedure in Docket No. 29863; Amdt 
No. 1964 to Part 97 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (Vol 64, No. 
243, Page 71018, Dated December 20, 1999) under Sec. 97.23 effective 
January 27, 2000 which is hereby rescinded:

Ankeny, IA, Ankeny Regional, VOR/DME RWY 36, Orig

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